www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Brett M. Kavanaughhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/brett-m-kavanaugh/?utm_medium=RSS2018-11-18T18:00:22-05:00Lindsey Graham likely to lead Senate Judiciary Committee 2018-11-18T18:00:22-05:00Alex Swoyerhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/18/lindsey-graham-likely-to-lead-senate-judiciary-com/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is poised to become the GOP point-man on the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he promises his top priority will be to push through President Trump's court nominations.</p> <p>While Mr. Graham's post will have to be ratified by senators next year, his path to the ...Trump nominates Neomi Rao to D.C. Circuit Court to replace Kavanaugh2018-11-13T14:17:00-05:00Dave Boyerhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/13/trump-nominates-neomi-rao-dc-circuit-court/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>President Trump is nominating Neomi Rao, head of the White House regulatory affairs office, to the influential federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.</p> <p>If confirmed by the Senate, Ms. Rao would fill the seat vacated by Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, who served on the ...Kavanaugh accuser still collects pledge cash 2018-11-12T22:11:18-05:00Alex Swoyerhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/12/kavanaugh-accuser-still-collects-pledge-cash/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Christine Blasey Ford is no longer in the headlines, but she's still collecting cash through GoFundMe accounts set up by friends and fans who wanted to show their support for her attempt to derail Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh's path to the Supreme Court.</p> <p>As of Monday, more than $850,000 had ...Justice Brett Kavanaugh receives formal investiture at Supreme Court ceremony2018-11-08T11:23:01-05:00Dave Boyerhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/8/justice-brett-kavanaugh-receives-formal-investitur/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh formally took his seat Thursday as the nation's 114th justice in an investiture ceremony at the high court, with President Trump and other dignitaries in attendance.</p> <p>Justice Kavanaugh entered the high court's chamber smiling in his black robe and sat on a mahogany bench ...Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized, Brett Kavanaugh receives formal investiture to Supreme Court2018-11-08T18:00:16-05:00Dave Boyer and Alex Swoyerhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/8/ruth-bader-ginsburg-hospitalized-brett-kavanaugh-r/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Thursday after breaking three ribs, causing her to miss her newest high court colleague's investiture ceremony.</p> <p>Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh was sworn in last month, but his investiture, which is considered a formal welcome to the Supreme Court, was held Thursday with ...Christine Blasey Ford still facing threats, hasn't returned to work: Report2018-11-08T16:17:00-05:00Alex Swoyerhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/8/christine-blasey-ford-still-facing-threats/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Christine Blasey Ford is still facing threats and has been unable to return to her job as a professor more than a month after she testified to Congress against then-Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh.</p> <p>Her lawyers <a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/11/08/665407589/kavanaugh-accuser-christine-blasey-ford-continues-receiving-threats-lawyers-say?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=npr&amp;utm_term=nprnews&amp;utm_content=202908" target="_blank">told</a> NPR Ms. Blasey Ford has not yet gone back to her post ...Lindsey Graham sees 'Kavanaugh Revenge' in midterm results2018-11-07T10:29:48-05:00S.A. Millerhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/7/lindsey-graham-sees-kavanaugh-revenge-midterm-resu/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday dubbed the Senate midterm elections "Kavanaugh's Revenge."</p> <p>Mr. Graham, who fierce defended Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh during a grueling confirmation, said red state Senate Democrats paid heavily for mistreating President Trump's nominee.</p> <p>"Virtually all Senate Democrats running in Trump states who voted against ...Credit Donald Trump for turning blue wave into ripple 2018-11-07T12:24:46-05:00Ralph Z. Hallowhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/7/credit-donald-trump-turning-blue-wave-ripple/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Thank President Trump and Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh for the red wall that reduced the blue wave to almost a ripple. And add a nod to the caravans of Central Americans heading toward our southern border.</p> <p>Mr. Trump played the issue just right in refusing to get suckered in by ...Trump, McConnell credit 'Kavanaugh effect' for boosting Senate GOP majority2018-11-07T17:14:00-05:00Dave Boyerhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/7/trump-mcconnell-credit-kavanaugh-effect/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday credited Democrats' mishandling of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh as the turning point that helped Republicans increase their Senate majority.</p> <p>"Tremendous energy was given to the Republican Party by the way they treated then-Judge Kavanaugh, ...The Democrats' pro-woman fraud2018-11-07T04:23:37-05:00Tammy Brucehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/7/the-democrats-pro-woman-fraud/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Receiving some news coverage over the past few weeks, but not much, has been the revelation that four people have been referred by the Senate Judiciary Committee for criminal investigation regarding allegedly false statements relating to the Kavanaugh investigation.</p> <p>This includes a man who said Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh raped ...Brett Kavanaugh's lying accusers should be thrown in jail2018-11-05T06:48:34-05:00Cheryl K. Chumleyhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/5/brett-kavanaughs-lying-accusers-should-be-thrown-j/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Forty interviews later and investigators have found nothing &mdash; nil, zilch, nada, zero &mdash; substantiating the sexual harassment and assault claims made by women against Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh.</p> <p>Moreover, one of the women, Judy Munro-Leighton, who had claimed Kavanaugh raped her in what she said was a ...Another Kavanaugh accuser admits to fabricating rape story2018-11-03T10:04:12-04:00Stephen Dinanhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/3/another-kavanaugh-accuser-admits-fabricating-rape-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>One of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh's accusers admitted this week that she made up her lurid tale of a backseat car rape, saying it "was a tactic" to try to derail the judge's confirmation to the Supreme Court.</p> <p>Sen. Charles E. Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee revealed the fraud ...Kavanaugh GoFundMe campaign to donate money to Catholic charity2018-11-01T09:43:12-04:00Gabriella Muñozhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/1/kavanaugh-gofundme-campaign-to-donate-money-to-cat/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh turned down more than $600,000 raised by a GoFundMe campaign in his name this week.</p> <p>John Hawkins, the man who started the fundraising campaign, updated the <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/support-brett-kavanaugh" target="_blank">page</a> and posted a statement he said was from Justice Kavanaugh's legal team. The campaign was closed to ...Kevin de Leon, Dianne Feinstein challenger, wins Republicans' support in California Senate race2018-11-01T19:32:27-04:00Tom Howell Jr.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/1/kevin-de-leon-dianne-feinstein-challenger-wins-rep/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>California State Sen. Kevin de Leon is running far to the left &mdash; yet he's winning over Republicans in his bid to unseat Sen. Dianne Feinstein next week, in one of the weirder bits of fallout from the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.</p> <p>It's not that GOP voters particularly like Mr. de ...Joe Manchin wins West Virginia liberal support despite Kavanaugh vote2018-10-31T20:07:45-04:00Ben Wolfganghttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/31/joe-manchin-wins-west-virginia-liberal-support-des/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. &mdash; Selina Vickers attended the Democratic National Convention in 2016 as an enthusiastic backer of liberal darling Sen. Bernard Sanders, who ran away with West Virginia's presidential primary that year and sparked hopes that a liberal revolution was taking root in the heart of Appalachia.</p> <p>Two years later, ...Heidi Heitkamp takes in more than $12 million in October2018-10-26T12:41:00-04:00Alex Swoyerhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/26/heidi-heitkamp-takes-more-12-million-october/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Despite seeing her poll numbers sink after voting against Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp's campaign has received more than $12 million in donations during the first two weeks of October.</p> <p>From Oct. 1 to Oct. 17, Ms. Heitkamp, North Dakota Democrat, received roughly $12.4 million, the ...Senate tells FBI to investigate Michael Avenatti over Kavanaugh accusations2018-10-25T13:01:00-04:00Stephen Dinanhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/25/senate-tells-doj-investigate-michael-avenatti/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley asked the Justice Department Thursday to investigate anti-Trump lawyer Michael Avenatti and his client Julie Swetnick, saying they likely fed senators "materially false" information in trying to sink Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh's confirmation.</p> <p>Amid a spate of salacious and uncorroborated allegations, Ms. Swetnick's were the ...Justice Brett Kavanaugh recused in three high court cases so far2018-10-24T12:32:27-04:00Alex Swoyerhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/24/justice-kavanaugh-recused-three-high-court-cases-s/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh is recused in three cases to be heard this term by the high court out of the roughly 40 cases that the justices have granted review of so far.</p> <p>More could come during the course of the court's term through the spring, but as ...Jeff Flake unconvinced if Brett Kavanaugh or Christine Blasey Ford were telling the truth 2018-10-24T08:30:02-04:00Gabriella Muñozhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/24/jeff-flake-unconvinced-if-brett-kavanaugh-or-chris/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Sen. Jeff Flake said Tuesday that he remains unsure whether Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh or California professor Christine Blasey Ford were telling the truth about the sexual assault allegations levied near the end of a drawn-out Supreme Court confirmation battle.</p> <p>During an interview on ABC's "The View," Mr. Flake said ...Jimmy Carter: Brett Kavanaugh confirmation was a 'very serious mistake'2018-10-19T08:06:07-04:00Gabriella Muñozhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/19/jimmy-carter-brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-was-a-ve/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Former President Jimmy Carter jumped into the political fray recently over newly confirmed Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, saying he was "unfit" to be on the Supreme Court.</p> <p>While speaking to a class at Emory College Wednesday Mr. Carter said Justice Kavanaugh's confirmation was a "very serious mistake," The Emory Wheel ...